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The Crimson Tide will square off against No. 4 Washington in the national semifinal on New Year's Eve in the Georgia Dome. "It feels really good, but better when you're national champs", said Roger Flowers. By halftime, he was 17-for-26 for 184 yards and two touchdowns. Alabama was held to minus-7 yards in first quarter yet led 16-9. Now it's just a matter of whom the Tide will play.

Scans on Monday revealed that Bolasie has damaged his anterior cruciate ligament and will now have an operation to fix the damaged area before commencing rehab. "Come back stronger, Yannick", tweeted Everton , without saying how long he might be out of action for. Bolasie's injury provides further headaches for manager Ronald Koeman, with the summer signing having recorded a goal and four assists among an underwhelming Everton attack.

Now all Alabama has to do is sit back and wait. Saban said he's spoken with Kiffin about job possibilities and thinks the offensive coordinator is talented enough to land a head coaching position. Jordan Scarlett attempted to leap over the line on third-and-goal, but he never got off the ground. Florida gave up a late 36-yard return after a line-drive Johnny Townsend punt.

Some sort of lightbulb must have gone off in the heads of Hawkeye football players after their crushing 41-14 loss to Penn State in Week 10. Penn State capped off an unbelievable season by rallying from a 21-point deficit to beat Wisconsin 38-31 in the Big Ten Championship game on Saturday night.

With 27 points, 18 rebounds and 14 assists against the New York Knicks in a 112-103 win Monday, Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook is now averaging a triple-double and doing so later in the season than any player has since Oscar Robertson in 1963-64.

Since coming out of the bye week, the Giants seem to be focusing more on getting Odell Beckham Jr . the ball. Prior to the game against NY, the Steelers' offense had been struggling because Brown was being double - and even sometimes triple - covered, and Pittsburgh didn't have someone to step up and give Roethlisberger a viable second option.

He added: "We are progressing but we can not get too ahead of ourselves, we are only the number two team in the world and we want to be number one". When pressed on how many players were likely to be in the starting line-up, Jones added: "I'll leave that to Warren Gatland but a number of players have put up their hand strongly".

That came just 24 hours after the 2.13m starting centre from New Zealand had limped off in the first quarter against the Pelicans with a sprained left ankle that looked nearly certain to keep him out of the second part of the back-to-back in Atlanta .

The club, from the town of Chapeco, was a kind of Cinderella team based in the small city of Chapeco which only joined Brazil's first division in 2014. "Tonight it was reported that a plane coming from Viru Viru airport in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, which should have landed at Jose Maria Cordova airport had gone off course", a Colombian rescue official, Mauricio Parodi, told reporters.

But even setting aside the improbability of the Gators winning that game, the Tide's third straight trip to the playoff is secure. Regardless of who wins that game, Ohio State center Pat Elflein - who played in his last game at Ohio Stadium and celebrated on the field with thousands of scarlet-clad fans who poured from the seats - believes the Buckeyes belong.

Hamilton has said he will not influence the decision about who his new team-mate will be. Rosberg's contract with Mercedes was due to run to 2018 and the team must now quickly find a replacement to partner Hamilton for the 2017 campaign which will begin late in March in Australia.

Lying 11 shots behind leader Hideki Matsuyama, who shot a seven-under on Saturday to take a stranglehold on the tournament, Woods' title hopes are all but over. He continues, "I'm not even close to being mentioned in the same sentence as Tiger". I'll have a couple weeks off, work with my physios, get a little bit stronger and then really assess.

Temple wide receiver Ventell Bryant (1) caught a touchdown in the first quarter of the win over Navy . " Coach Rhule was the first to be really open to me", Isaacs said. "We were grateful to be in this game and we are not going to make any excuses about being in the championship game because we were grateful to be here", Niumatalolo said.

Root's 78 was instrumental in preventing an abject collapse but at Lunch, with three wickets in hand and a paltry, England were far from a position of comfort. Ravindra Jadeja gaveI ndia the flawless start, removing Gareth Batty for 0. Root seemed intent on batting for time while Jos Buttler at the other end tried to counter-attack.

Five players tied after 72 holes at the Sea Island Golf Club, sending the tournament into a sudden-death playoff that fought a losing battle with daylight. A playoff to decide the victor of the RSM Classic reached the third extra hole before play was suspended due to bad light. Hughes was out of position after two shots but managed to find the bottom of the cup with a superb putt to win his maiden PGA Tour event.

New South Wales wicket-keeper Peter Nevill says his recent form doesn't justify selection for the Australian team as he hasn't scored enough runs. Kane Williamson takes a catch during a New Zealand training session. "We were able to still play quit positively through that period and score five an over, so we set ourselves up nicely with that partnership and I thought the way he played was attractive, he obviously got dropped that one at mid-off, but besides that I think he played some ...

The Saints finally got their first touchdown of the game in the early moments of the 4 quarter. "It was our own fault". When I go home late at night there are very few people that are around and most often it's only one gas station open in my area and I don't encounter very many people at that time .

It took just two minutes for Manchester United to take the lead in the quarter-final tie as Zlatan Ibrahimovic was left with a clipped finish to instantly put the Hammers on the back foot. Henrikh Mkhitaryan's vision and Anthony Martial's cool finishing helped Manchester United into the English League Cup semifinals as two of the team's out-of-favor forwards showed their worth on Wednesday.

Westbrook drives against the Knicks on November 28. The associated moneylines are Atlanta -115 and Oklahoma City -105. He's now reached double figures in all three categories in half of the Thunder's 22 games. The Brow posted 37 points and 15 rebounds to go with 4 blocks, 2 steals and 2 assists on the night. They are 26th in the league in three-point percentage with just 32.5 percent from downtown.

Coleman has a few days to recuperate given Everton are not back in action until Saturday's trip to Watford - a match they approach buoyed by a positive comeback rather than fretting about a run of one win in nine league matches. Premier League heavyweights Liverpool and Manchester United were caught by late sucker punches in two games that finished far more dramatically than they began on Sunday.

Manchester United drew with Everton in the other match Sunday, as the Red Devils stay sixth with 21 points, far from the expectation from the star-studded squad. "It shows we have still got that spirit from when we were promoted from the Championship", Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe said. "We gave the game away, and the boys know that".

The reforms also give more governance power to the IAAF Executive Board, in nodding to the abuse of the presidency of disgraced former president Lamine Diack, who's now under investigation by French authorities on corruption and money-laundering charges.

While the AP is one of the most respected polls, the College Football Playoff ranking is the only poll MI fans should worry about. The Big Ten cited its sportsmanship policy in punishing Harbaugh, saying his comments were in violation of a portion that states in part that "The Big Ten Conference expects all contests involving a member institution to be conducted without compromise to any fundamental element of sportsmanship".

Four teams that started near the top of the College Football Playoff rankings will play for the national championship. In the end, the selection committee did the predictable thing and picked undefeated Alabama and three one-loss teams - Clemson , Ohio State and Washington .

Debutant Lockie Ferguson also bowled four no balls, gifting Australia a free hit on the next delivery as he conceded 73 runs from nine overs. "It was more about giving Travis another opportunity, he played well last week, scored a hundred in Shield cricket so he's in good nick", Smith said of the decision to pick Head ahead of Maxwell.

The Spartans clinched the 2015 East Division title with a 39-point win over Penn State. Would that be enough? When Michigan takes the field Saturday only Jim Harbaugh and his team knows who will start at quarterback. Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer walks across the field prior to the game against the Maryland Terrapins at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium on November 12, 2016.

The Lions will play three Tests against New Zealand, the first on June 24 at Auckland's Eden Park. " England are next in action when they take on France in their opening match of the 2017 Six Nations at Twickenham on February 4, as they look to successfully defend the title they won in 2016".

Burris also had a touchdown pass in the second quarter, hitting Sainte-Flavie, Que., fullback Patrick Lavoie with a six-yard toss after Ottawa recovered a Calgary fumble on a punt return. The Stampeders tied the game 33-33 with nine seconds left. He earned another Grey Cup ring with Calgary in 1998 as a backup to Jeff Garcia. Calgary was looking to finish its banner season with a Grey Cup victory to garner support as the best team in history to capture a championship.

I believed in everything he was saying. To say we're not really sure would be an understatement. We have great backs at LSU. LSU running back Derrius Guice (5) breaks away from Texas A&M defensive back Nick Harvey (1) as he runs for a touchdown during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Thursday, Nov.

Chris Paul had 18 points and 11 assists for Los Angeles, while J.J. Redick scored 15 points on five first-half 3-pointers. Oklahoma City is 13-8 on the season and in fifth place in the Western Conference. "It's so great to get back in there and get a rhythm and see the ball go through the net". They're all trying to play together. The Pelicans shot just 36.7 percent from the field.

He scored 28 points, pulled down 17 rebounds and handed out 12 assists for his 10th triple-double of the season and his fifth in a row. He has been most impressed with Westbrook's ability to win during his streak of five straight triple-doubles - and Westbrook's ability to do it all without Kevin Durant .

Knowing that he's coming off a concussion, we don't want him to get another one. If Luck has time , and his receivers win their individual battles, big plays will be available. 2 quarterback or rookie Christian Hackenberg , who has yet to dress for a game. Darrelle Revis has lost a step or two, and teams have found more success targeting him this season than ever before.

Selection committee chairman Kirby Hocutt said the decision came down not to Penn State and Ohio State, but the Nittany Lions (11-2) and Pac-12 champion Washington. So the key is to play a hard nonconference schedule? Washington stays in the number four spot following their 41-10 win in the Pac-12 championship game over Colorado on Friday night.

In 2015, he rushed 300 times for 1,953 yards and 22 touchdowns to establish himself as an elite running back nationally. Leonard Fournette made official what everyone was expecting on Monday. on ABC. Fournette entered the season as one of the favorites for the Heisman Trophy, but a nagging ankle injury that he suffered during fall camp kept him from reaching his full potential, as he had to sit out five games.